#Trump eyes snatching Iran’s oil hub on Kharg Island - reportAs Iran’s retaliatory blockade of the Strait of Hormuz chokes off a massive portion of the global oil supply, Donald Trump is considering seizing Iran’s Kharg Island, Axios reports.Trum...
...p, who earlier bragged about “total obliteration” of military targets on the island while supposedly sparing the oil facilities, is mulling the idea of delivering an “economic knockout” punch to #Iran, cutting off a major revenue stream, according to a cited US official.But there’s a catch for oil-hungry Trump: An operation like this would require boots on the ground—and could unleash huge Iranian strikes on oil infrastructure across the Gulf, especially in Saudi Arabia. “There are big ris...
...ks. There are big rewards. The president isn’t there yet and we’re not saying he will be,” the official was cited as saying.Kharg Island is a coral outpost about 25 km off Iran’s coast and 483 km northwest of the Strait of HormuzIt handles roughly 90% of Iran’s crude exportsWith a loading capacity of around 7 million barrels per day, it’s a critical gateway for the Islamic Republic’s energy revenueHowever, Iran is not cornered. Its 1,000-kilometer Goreh–Jask pipeline, running from Bushehr ...
...province, completely bypasses Kharg Island, funneling approximately 1.5 million barrels per day to its terminal on the Gulf of Oman.US-Israel-Iran war |